Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book differences

Microsoft announced several new devices on its Windows 10 Devices event including a new version of the popular Surface Pro 4 device and the company’s first laptop Surface Book.

If you have followed the announcement, or maybe just heard about the two devices, you are probably wondering how these two differ and which one to pick if you want to buy a Microsoft computer running Windows 10.

The main issue here is that Microsoft has not revealed all information yet about either of the devices. While Microsoft revealed some information, other critical information have yet to be named by the company.

This article concentrates on what Microsoft has revealed so far. We will update it once additional information are revealed by Microsoft (this should be soon considering that pre-orders start tomorrow).

As you can see, the devices are quite similar in many aspects. Core differences include the screen size, battery, graphics and that the Surface Book ships with a keyboard attached to it.

Microsoft points out the main difference between the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 on the company’s store website. It describes the Surface Book as the “most powerful Surface laptop to handle any task” and the Surface Pro 4 as the “perfect balance of size and power for working on the go”.

This does not make a whole lot of sense though considering that the Surface Book weights less and has better battery life than the Surface Pro 4.

The Surface Pro 4 on the other hand offers up to 1TB of storage which the Surface Book does not as its limit is 512 GB of storage.

Now You: What’s your take on those two devices and which would you pick?

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Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book differences

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Martin Brinkmann

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A comparison of Microsoft’s Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 devices.

About Martin Brinkmann

Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook, Twitter or Google+

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